On Jul 4, 2007, at 3:13 AM, Karen wrote:
Would you mind looking at something for me? A project I was
working on the last several days required that I use 2007 which I
have hardly used. (I'm still happiest in 2006... well, actually my
favorite version ever was 2002 coupled with the old quickeys... but
I digress...) I couldn't for the life of me find the "show only on
screen" in the text tool drop down menu. We use that all the time
to send notes to other orchestrators/copyists/proofreaders on a job
when there are questions or to send a heads up or whatever without
risking the text accidentally ending up in a printed part or
score. With so many of us working remotely these days it was
incredibly useful.
Is this back in 2008? If it is, I might feel a least a little
better about having to buy it silly as that little feature is.
In the Text Tool there is a "Show" command that you can uncheck in
the contextual menu. I haven't noticed whether it is there or not in
2007, as I don't use it. The text then takes on the attributes that
have set for hidden items, which means it shows up as a shadow on
screen, but doesn't print.
There is also under Text>Style a "Hidden" style, which is kind of
cool, as you can have a text box with some printing text and some
hidden text, say as a reminder to you what that text box is for or
how it aligns or whatever, or maybe to space things that don't kern
the way you want them to... This style is also present in the
Expression Tool, though that tool has a description field as well.
Hope this is good news!
Christopher
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